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... Mississippi and Missouri River basins , the Texas Gulf Coast , the Great Lakes basin , coastal California , and the Colorado River basin . A description of many of these floods and of the Survey's role in responding to the floods is the ...
... Mississippi and Missouri River basins , the Texas Gulf Coast , the Great Lakes basin , coastal California , and the Colorado River basin . A description of many of these floods and of the Survey's role in responding to the floods is the ...
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... Mississippi River basin are caused by the seasonal rainfall pattern . Late spring floods in the mountains mainly result from melting snow at high altitudes . Summer floods are likely to occur in any part of the United States , but they ...
... Mississippi River basin are caused by the seasonal rainfall pattern . Late spring floods in the mountains mainly result from melting snow at high altitudes . Summer floods are likely to occur in any part of the United States , but they ...
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... Mississippi River Basin Winter rainfall and temperature patterns began prematurely in late autumn . Two main storms , December 2 to 7 and December 24 to 29 , 1982 , were both re- lated to deep low - pressure troughs over Texas and the ...
... Mississippi River Basin Winter rainfall and temperature patterns began prematurely in late autumn . Two main storms , December 2 to 7 and December 24 to 29 , 1982 , were both re- lated to deep low - pressure troughs over Texas and the ...
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... Mississippi were mostly in the western part of the State . Only a few really unusual peaks occurred because Mississippi was on the eastern fringe of the storms . Louisiana was affected by both Decem- ber storms . The late December storm ...
... Mississippi were mostly in the western part of the State . Only a few really unusual peaks occurred because Mississippi was on the eastern fringe of the storms . Louisiana was affected by both Decem- ber storms . The late December storm ...
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... Mississippi River basin experienced extensive flooding . Rainfall from this storm combined with snowmelt runoff to produce the fifth largest peak stage of record on the lower Mississippi River at Baton Rouge , Louisiana . The late May ...
... Mississippi River basin experienced extensive flooding . Rainfall from this storm combined with snowmelt runoff to produce the fifth largest peak stage of record on the lower Mississippi River at Baton Rouge , Louisiana . The late May ...
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